Governance/Regulation & Compliance

As more companies make risk management part of daily good governance, expect the federal government to get into the act.

With job loss fears high, workers could be tempted to take sensitive corporate data to use in negotiating a job with a future employer.

The financial crisis has thrust CFOs into the spotlight and onto the hot seat.

Now that debt violations have dire consequences for liquidity, treasurers are seeking better tools to alert them to problems.

As growing populations and ravenous markets consume more water, food, trees, metals and minerals, companies find reducing their footprints can lead to discovering new market opportunities in sustainability.

Agencies and countries look for ways to compensate for growing shortfalls brought on by financial crisis.

Using data tagging technology for risk management could improve transparency and comparability by standardizing the language.

CFOs Tom Schoewe of Wal-Mart, Jeffrey Burchill of FM Global and Jeffrey Henderson of Cardinal Health set their courses for the future.